Genesis 50:21

and now, do not fear: I nourish you and your infants”; and he comforts them, and speaks to their heart.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

In Context

20As for you, you devised evil against me, [but] God devised it for good, in order to do as [at] this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

22And Joseph dwells in Egypt, he and the house of his father, and Joseph lives one hundred and ten years,

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Cross References

Genesis 34:3and his soul cleaves to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loves the young person, and speaks to the heart of the young person.

Genesis 45:10and you have dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near to me, you and your sons, and your son’s sons, and your flock, and your herd, and all that you have,

Genesis 47:12and Joseph nourishes his father, and his brothers, and all the house of his father [with] bread, according to the mouth of the infants.

Isaiah 40:2Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, || That her warfare has been completed, || That her punishment has been accepted, || That she has received from the hand of YHWH || Double for all her sins.

Matthew 6:14For if you may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you—your Father who [is] in the heavens;

1 Thessalonians 5:15see [that] no one may render evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue that which is good, both to one another and to all;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:16-22

Joseph Comforts His Brethren. ( b. c. 1689.) 15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God… Read the whole commentary →

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